The events for this year’s qualifier have finally been released. After a good qualifying from Dan Shirt last year, interest in this competition has gone from strength to strength. This competition is aimed at athletes who do not use performance enhancing drugs. Athletes will be tested on the day.

Potential competitors this year are as follows:

Under 90kg – Lee Parkes, Adam Saltfleet and after getting a real taste for it in Essex Jordan Mitchell is going to give it another go.

Under 105kg – Polska Power himself Lukas Trotski

Opens – the question on everybody’s lips, will big Dan Shirt drag himself out of hibernation and give it another go??!!

The men will be separated from the boys by the following gruelling events: